Balls Eight: History of the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress Mothership

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It has been asserted that the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress, carrying Air Force serial 52-0008, can lay claim to being the airplane that has seen and participated in more history than any other single airplane. For forty-five years, the NB-52B was a fixture at Edwards Air Force Base. While the NB-52B is most famous for launching the three North American X-15 rocket planes, it continued to serve in the role of launch platform for a multitude of programs until its final mission on November 16, 2004. It was the oldest flying B-52 by nearly ten years. The book is 200 pages long. It contains 246 color photographs, 89 black and white photographs, and 2 other illustrations.The first captive-carry flight of DAST was flown on September 14, 1979. The NB-
52B carried DAST around the same ground track planned for its free flight to
check the rad o s gnal strength between the DAST and the ground station.

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Balls Eight: History of the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress Mothership

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Brian Lockett

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Lulu.com - 2009-07

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